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package edu.ucla.cs.typecast.event;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * This is the class to allow an application to publish events of specific
 * types.
 */
public interface EventSource {
	/**
	 * Publish an event
	 * 
	 * @param event
	 *            The event to be published
	 * @throws InvalidTypeException
	 */
	public void publishEvent(Object event) throws InvalidTypeException, IOException ;
}
